Good morning, World!
My lovebird is around two years. A few details about his sleeping arrangementes:
- He sleeps in a separate room, with complete darkness and no one comes into the room.
- I put him there at 9.00PM and wake him up at 8:00AM (he's usually already awake by the time I get him)
- It's kind of cold in my city so he has a heating pad. In order to keep the heat inside the cage, I have to put a blanket over the cage. He's not a fan of it but I think he's getting used to it (and the only other alternative is facing a cold night)
- We are Spanish = we are noisy and loud. Unfortunately, the room he sleeps in is kind of near to the kitchen where my family makes noise until around 10:00 PM (no matter how many times I've begged them for silence, it's like noise is in their DNA or sth).
- During the days, he takes (or tries to) a couple naps. Always in my hand.
Now, my lovebird is a light sleeper. I always assumed he'd have some trouble sleeping until my family shut up, but thought he'd sleep the whole night after that (it's a very quiet building). However, this dawn at aroun 5AM I went to get a glass of water (I made MINIMAL sound, I promise, not even my mum who wakes up as if someone is bombing us if we breath too loud woke up) and he was awake (or was awaken by my minimal sound). I know this because he's the cleverest boy ever and learnt how to say "I love you", and I got an "I love you" at 5AM (which also makes me think his survival instincs are close to the negative digits. What if I had been a tiger?).
This makes me think one of two things:
- He's alert all night long, never getting any real rest and waking up at everything (in which case my house must be a nightmare)
- He is an even lighter sleeper than I thought.
I have no idea what to do to make him sleep better. If the problem is that he's scared, I could always get his cage and put him in my bedroom (I know he feels really safe with me). But I am a noisy sleeper, tossing around all night and even talking in my sleep (gosh, how Spanish I am). If the problem is that he's a very light sleeper... are there any insonoritation panels to keep noise from coming in instead of going out?
Sorry for the long post but I thought you might need the details. If someone has any advice they'd like to share, please they are all welcome!
My lovebird is around two years. A few details about his sleeping arrangementes:
- He sleeps in a separate room, with complete darkness and no one comes into the room.
- I put him there at 9.00PM and wake him up at 8:00AM (he's usually already awake by the time I get him)
- It's kind of cold in my city so he has a heating pad. In order to keep the heat inside the cage, I have to put a blanket over the cage. He's not a fan of it but I think he's getting used to it (and the only other alternative is facing a cold night)
- We are Spanish = we are noisy and loud. Unfortunately, the room he sleeps in is kind of near to the kitchen where my family makes noise until around 10:00 PM (no matter how many times I've begged them for silence, it's like noise is in their DNA or sth).
- During the days, he takes (or tries to) a couple naps. Always in my hand.
Now, my lovebird is a light sleeper. I always assumed he'd have some trouble sleeping until my family shut up, but thought he'd sleep the whole night after that (it's a very quiet building). However, this dawn at aroun 5AM I went to get a glass of water (I made MINIMAL sound, I promise, not even my mum who wakes up as if someone is bombing us if we breath too loud woke up) and he was awake (or was awaken by my minimal sound). I know this because he's the cleverest boy ever and learnt how to say "I love you", and I got an "I love you" at 5AM (which also makes me think his survival instincs are close to the negative digits. What if I had been a tiger?).
This makes me think one of two things:
- He's alert all night long, never getting any real rest and waking up at everything (in which case my house must be a nightmare)
- He is an even lighter sleeper than I thought.
I have no idea what to do to make him sleep better. If the problem is that he's scared, I could always get his cage and put him in my bedroom (I know he feels really safe with me). But I am a noisy sleeper, tossing around all night and even talking in my sleep (gosh, how Spanish I am). If the problem is that he's a very light sleeper... are there any insonoritation panels to keep noise from coming in instead of going out?
Sorry for the long post but I thought you might need the details. If someone has any advice they'd like to share, please they are all welcome!
